By Nonie Potocki, Owner/Career Consultant at careervistas
Don’t leave your reference checks to chance! You can take more control of the process than you realize. In order to minimize the possibility of being blindsided by a poor reference, consider the following:
1. How Reference Checks Work
2. Organizing Your References
3. Dos and Don’ts For Reference Checks
How Reference Checks Work
Hiring mistakes are costly to a company and can cause significant down time for the manager who makes one. As a result, prospective employers do thorough reference checks to minimize the likelihood that they will happen. They want to discuss your performance with your direct managers. If you are currently working at the time, they will understand you do not want your manager contacted and will agree to speak with prior supervisors about your performance.
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